215: Part 2: Eric Immesberger – Murder-for-hire undercover ops

Game of Crimes

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🗓️ 23 September 2025

⏱️ 74 minutes

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One of the most gripping stories centers on a murder-for-hire case where Eric’s quick thinking, nerves of steel, and undercover skills saved lives. From staged crime scenes to psychological tactics designed to outsmart ruthless criminals, this episode reveals the raw intensity of working undercover against some of the most violent offenders.

Eric also shares his collaboration with fellow agents and officers, highlighting the unshakable trust and teamwork required when every decision could mean life or death. You get a behind-the-scenes look at gun squads, limited resources, and the relentless pursuit of justice in a world where mistakes are not an option.

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0:29.2	Before I can do that, I see two guys walking behind me in the middle of the street.
0:34.1	They now realize my truck is running, but they can't see me. And they start yelling to the guy in the car, hey, yo, yo, yo, but, you know, he now is looking at me through the windshield. He goes into his car and pulls out a crossbow with a scope and points it right at me. And I'm like, I tell the, I'm like, hey, there's no time for anything i'm taking this guy down i need one or two of you to come over let's get this guy in custody because we still got this other op going on so i angle my truck i draw down on this guy and i'm i'm like give him i didn't have i wasn't required to say i could have just smoked this guy then and
1:12.8	there
1:13.0	hey guys hey guys welcome back to part two this week's episode of Game of Crimes with
1:30.0	Murph in the morning. We've got Mr. Eric Ensberger back and I think I got his name
1:35.1	right this time because yesterday I didn't. Good to go.
1:38.3	Apologize for that, brother. But as we were talking yesterday, he's had such an extensive and exciting career. We were talking
1:48.0	after we ended yesterday's interview and said, you know, there's this murder for hire case that
1:54.2	I really want to talk about because it kind of ties in with the previous guest on here that we had
1:59.2	with Brent Cartwright, who was on episode
2:01.0	184 back in February of this year. And then as we continued to talk yesterday, I came up with
2:07.1	a whole other case. So we're looking at three episodes this week. So don't think today is
2:11.7	going to be the end of it. We're going to talk about this one case, talk a little bit about Brent,
2:16.0	and then bring you back tomorrow for a third
2:18.0	one.
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